"America's railroads are moving more traffic since the recession. Business production and consumer demand are increasing, and rail is playing a bigger part in getting American goods to market," the Association of American Railroads' president and CEO, Edward R. Hamberger, said Nov. 20.
The California Public Utilities Commission approved it Nov. 20.
The worker was injured by a front-end loader in Shelby, Neb.
A new report form the European Environment Agency (EEA) says air pollution is still the main environmental health hazard.
The annual day on which smokers are strongly encouraged to quit occurs on the third Thursday of November.
Thanksgiving Day is the peak day of the year for home cooking fires.
OSHA investigated in May after a worker was severely injured while performing maintenance.
A temporary staffing agency was also cited following the inspection.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Nov. 17 thanked troops at Fort Campbell, Ky., saying, "The challenges and threats that face our country in the world today are not just from Islamic fundamentalists or from terrorists, but from health diseases and pandemic health threats that threaten the world. Ebola is part of that overall scope of threats."
Driver William D.W. Scott's truck was permitted to carry a load no taller than 15 feet, 9 inches, but his load, a metal casing, measured 15 feet, 11 inches. The load struck 11 of the bridge's sway braces as the truck crossed the bridge.
The agency's annual message comes in advance of "Black Friday."
The safety council also provided tips for staying safe on the roads.
The report says those younger than 5 are at the greatest risk. More than half of all drowning deaths are people younger than 25.
After 17 cases were identified Nov. 6-7, the Directorate-General for Health of Portugal reported a total of 302 cases of the disease on Nov. 12.
The agency announced that its Ohmsett facility conducted a subsurface test at an unprecedented flow rate late last month.